Police in northern Kentucky say it appears a driver tried to rush across railroad tracks before a CSX train made it through the crossing.

Campbell County Police Chief Keith Hill told The Kentucky Enquirer that 29-year-old Trista Wagner of Fairfield and a passenger were in a 2004 Honda CRX when the train struck the driver's side of the vehicle Sunday night.

Hill said Wagner didn't have enough clearance, but it appears alcohol was not a factor. Wagner died in the crash.

The passenger, 33-year-old Johnnie Laswell of Cincinnati, was flown by Air Care to University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Hill said Laswell "is that he's going to make it."

Hill said Wagner and Laswell were returning to a campground in the small town of California from visiting a store.